10-letter words containing h, a, l, g
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- hedgeapple — Alternate name for the fruit of the osage orange tree, also known as the hedge tree.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemiplegia — paralysis of one side of the body.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- hexangular — having six angles.
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- high altar — the principal altar of a church
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high table — the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.
- high-class — of a type superior in quality or degree; first-rate: a high-class hotel.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- holographs — Plural form of holograph.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- homologate — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- john logan — John or James (Tah-gah-jute) c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- language h — An early business-oriented language from NCR.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- last thing — as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- laugh away — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.